I was born in New York City but spent most of my life in Europe, mainly France, before moving to the United States. The constant traveling was due to my parents’ profession — they were flamenco dancers. I remember spending a lot of time in libraries and bookstores, feeding my mind with stories while my parents rehearsed. Maybe that’s where I picked up my love for words and storytelling.

Once we settled in the United States, I led a somewhat "normal" life. I attended Cornell University, where I earned a B.A. in Psychology, but it wasn’t until much later that I "discovered" writing as my passion, and made a commitment to follow my bliss. After completing a year of service as a literacy leader in the Americorps program, I became a story analyst for actor-producer Edward James Olmos, and later a development executive for an independent production company.

I’ve been a writer for twelve years now with various degrees of success — an option here, a couple of contest finalists and winners there, an indie development deal — and of course, my first published book, The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, which ignited my unplanned teaching and consulting career.

While promoting my books, teaching, and consulting, I keep busy juggling rewriting duties for other writers and directors when the work comes my way - my last paid project for director Juan-Luis Bunuel, America Reconquered, is still in pre-production hell in Paris.

And I’m trying to write my own scripts, having about ten projects in various stages of development (if only I had more time… yes, folks, most writers say, "But what I really want to do is direct." I always say, "Forget all of the above; all I want to do is write.")

Stay tuned!